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A.R.B.J Rajapaksha
A.R.B.J Rajapaksha
Feb 10 2026
26Around 100 new cancer patients are reported each day in Sri Lanka, while approximately 40 patients die daily due to the disease, State Minister of Health Hansaka Wijemuni stated.
Sri Lanka’s main early cancer detection centre has been declared open at the National Hospital in Colombo.
The centre is located on the first floor of the Communicable Diseases Clinic building at the hospital’s Outpatient Department.
The facility includes a system to promptly refer identified patients to specialist clinics for urgent treatment.
The early cancer detection centre will be open to the public on weekdays from 8.30 a.m. to 3.00 p.m., excluding Government holidays.
Source - The Morning
